figement
French, noun/fiʒ.mɑ̃/
figement is a French masculine noun meaning “freezing (action or result of freezing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de se figer”.
What does figement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefreezing (action or result of freezing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de se figer. 2. Opération qui conduit à ce résultat. 3. État de ce qui est figé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of figement
- figements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce figement?
- /fiʒ.mɑ̃/
- \fiʒ.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is figement in French?
figement appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).